Returning to Leisure Activity Post-Stroke: Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify barriers and facilitators to engagement when returning to, or participating in, leisure activity post-stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).

Design

Sequential explanatory, mixed methods study.

Setting

21 hospital sites across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Participants

Adults with a clinical diagnosis of first/recurrent stroke or TIA. Patients approaching end of life were excluded. Participants were recruited as in-patients or at first clinic appointment and a baseline questionnaire was completed. A 6-month follow-up questionnaire was sent to participants for self-completion. Open-text questions were asked about barriers and facilitators when returning to, or participating in, leisure activity. Responses were thematically analys

SUBMITTER: Harrison J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9657985 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature